Effective curriculum-based sex and STD/HIV education programs for adolescents

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-29

  Kirby, Douglas ^a   Laris, B A ^a  

^a ETR ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; HIV education; Quantitative studies; Sex education; Sexual behavior; Teen pregnancy; Teen rates of sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349093231     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00071.x     Document Type: Review

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